Crossword clues for lowering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lower \Low"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] [From Low, a.]
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To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave.
--Tennyson. To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
Lowering \Low"er*ing\, a. Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.
Lower \Low"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] [OE. lowren, luren; cf. D. loeren, LG. luren. G. lauern to lurk, to be on the watch, and E. leer, lurk.]
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To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
All the clouds that lowered upon our house.
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To frown; to look sullen.
But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
That lowers or frowns. n. The act of something being lowered. v
(present participle of lower English)
WordNet
adj. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: heavy, sullen, threatening]
n. the act of causing to become less
the act of causing something to move to a lower level [syn: letting down]
Usage examples of "lowering".
At her house I made the acquaintance of several gamblers, and of three or four frauleins who, without any dread of the Commissaries of Chastity, were devoted to the worship of Venus, and were so kindly disposed that they were not afraid of lowering their nobility by accepting some reward for their kindness--a circumstance which proved to me that the Commissaries were in the habit of troubling only the girls who did not frequent good houses.
Lowering his head, he bussed her mouth with his before resuming his tactile exploration of her body.
The average rate of lowering, when the cutting edge of the south caisson was passing through earth, was 0.
The girl came in the evening, accompanied by a servant, and after lowering her mezzaro, and kissing my hand respectfully, she ran gaily to kiss her sister.
She is chained in such a way as to preclude movement which might tear at the mesh or break it, thus making possible the entry of urts, which might eat at her, lowering her price, and to preclude her tearing hysterically with her hands and fingernails at her own body, bloodying herself, perhaps scarring herself, again lowering her price, in her attempt to obtain relief from the bites and itching consequent upon the infestation and depredation of the numerous, almost constantly active ship lice.
Here he was, a chromoplastician in a world ignorant of chromoplasts, an incognito prince amongst sharp-toothed paupers, an uneasy rider in a coach that was now, at last, coming to a stop in a dusty street under a lowering sky.
I immediately gave him ten, trying to prevent him from lowering himself in his anxiety to express his gratitude, but I could not prevent him from shedding tears.
The darkship continued its deceleration, lowering its daggertip slowly.
They advocate deregulation of public corporations, lowering taxes, and freeing independent small businesses from state control.
I did not think for a moment of lowering myself down, as I wished to know where I was going, and I did not recognize our surroundings.
She did not answer me, but gave me her hand, lowering her eyes with much modesty.
As Lukien approached the nobles just inside the city, the foursome bowed deeply, putting their hands over their hearts and lowering their eyes to the cobblestones.
FORM Through the lowering of the pillars of the fauces, which is the same as raising the soft palate, the outflowing breath is divided into two parts.
SECTION XIX EXTENSION OF THE COMPASS AND EQUALIZATION OF REGISTERS The whole secret of both consists in the proper raising and lowering of the soft palate, and the pillars of the fauces connected with it.
We plowed forward monotonously, flagless, running between dark-gray water and a lowering, leaden sky.